From: martial.michel@nist.gov (Martial MICHEL)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
Subject: Announcing AutoMap/AutoLink v2.11
Date: 18 Dec 1998 22:02:26 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Message-Id: <slrn77lklt.335p.martial.michel@miyu.cam.nist.gov>
Reply-To: martial.michel@nist.gov
Keywords: MPI, AutoMap, AutoLink
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AutoMap and AutoLink are  complementary tools designed to improve  the
use of data-types in MPI.
AutoMap reads  user type definitions  from a file and generate complex
data-types (composition of basic data-types) out of those types.
AutoLink  provides  functions  to  the user   for  transfering dynamic
data-types  (complex   data-types with  C  pointers to   other complex
data-types (ex: graphs ...)).  It requires the use of AutoMap.

They were both announced in this newsgroup a few months ago.

This version is numbered 2.11 and add the following improvements :

AutoMap :
  o Updated use of AM_Types.
  o Improved handling of auto detection of sub Types.
  o Introducing a new algorithm for numbering datatypes.
  o Enhanced output for all files.
  o Output of one more file for easy use.
  o Updated grammar interpretation to work properly with typedef struct.

AutoLink :
  o Updated use of AM_Types.
  o Add <stdlib.h> for debugging purpose (required for some systems).
  o   Fix   a problem in   re-initialization  of   variables which was
occurring when sending or receiving dynamic data-types.
  o Updated version number.

Available at :
http://www.nist.gov/itl/div895/auto/

							Sincerely,

-- 
  Martial MICHEL
Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
E-mail : martial.michel@nist.gov
Phone  : (301) 975 3866 (Maryland, USA)